selai

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gelei (“jelly”), mainly dialectals, or Portuguese geleia (“jelly, jam”), from French gelée.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [səˈlai̯]
  • Hyphenation: sê‧lai

Noun

sêlai (plural selai-selai)

  1. jam, sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar
    Synonym: jem
    selai nanas ― pineapple jam

Alternative forms

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

selai

  1. second-person plural imperative of selar
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